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The Mushroom Book: A Popular Guide to the Study of our Commoner Fungi
by Nina Marshall
- Used
- Acceptable
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Acceptable/Unjacketed
- Seller
-
Cazenovia, New York, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
1902 hardcover as pictured. A comprehensive survey of mushrooms as of 1902 with an emphasis on edible varieties. Includes many illustrations and photographs. Binding is generally intact though several pages of front matter have come loose as has a tipped in photograph. Both hinges are cracked. Green cloth boards with gold stamping are rubbed and scuffed with fraying at edges and bumped corners. Owner's name on FFEP. Rough cut text block is lightly tanned but appears otherwise clean and unmarked. No dust jacket. Price reflects condition. Your purchase helps support our small village library. s AR
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Details
- Bookseller
- Friends of the Cazenovia Public Library
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 3000
- Title
- The Mushroom Book
- Author
- Nina Marshall
- Format/Binding
- See Description
- Book Condition
- Used - Acceptable
- Jacket Condition
- Unjacketed
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Doubleday, Page & Co
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1902
- Pages
- 168
- Size
- 7.25x10
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Fungi, Mushrooms, Botany
- Bookseller catalogs
- Botany; Fungi; Mushrooms;
Terms of Sale
Friends of the Cazenovia Public Library
Return guarantee with full refund, including shipping costs, for up to 14 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Friends of the Cazenovia Public Library
Biblio member since 2018
Cazenovia, New York
About Friends of the Cazenovia Public Library
We are a group of volunteers supporting our local library. All proceeds go to the library. We strive for excellent customer service. Please contact us with any questions. If you are in the area you may also visit our store, Carriage Barn Books, adjacent to the library at 100 Albany Street Cazenovia NY
Glossary
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- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- Tipped In
- Tipped In is used to describe something which has been glued into a book. Tipped-in items can include photos, book plates,...
- Cracked
- In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate,...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- FFEP
- A common abbreviation for Front Free End Paper. Generally, it is the first page of a book and is part of a single sheet that...
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